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West Virginia Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated West Virginia death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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West Virginia Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

295

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

1,356

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

149

Active sources monitored (30 days)

50

Counties with recent activity

28 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 28 hours ago

West Virginia Death Data by County

50 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
Kanawha County14616YesterdayActive
Raleigh County914YesterdayActive
Ohio County8843 days agoActive
Wyoming County872YesterdayActive
Fayette County7465 days agoActive
Mercer County687YesterdayActive
Wood County5263 days agoActive
Berkeley County4923 days agoActive
Marion County485YesterdayActive
Harrison County4673 days agoActive
Monongalia County445YesterdayActive
Cabell County426YesterdayActive
Hancock County372YesterdayActive
Greenbrier County3333 days agoActive
Marshall County282YesterdayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across West Virginia

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

295

Previous 7 days: 370 · -20% vs prior period

Last 30 days

1,356

Previous 30 days: 2,415 · -44% vs prior period

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What West Virginia Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible West Virginia County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent West Virginia records

Date of death

100%

of recent West Virginia records

City / location

100%

of recent West Virginia records

County

100%

of recent West Virginia records

Source URL

100%

of recent West Virginia records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent West Virginia records

Captured text excerpt

97.6%

of recent West Virginia records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects West Virginia Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Beckley91Wheeling88Oceana75Parkersburg52Princeton48Oak Hill47Charleston46Morgantown44Inwood40Fairmont35Moundsville28Spencer25

West Virginia Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across West Virginia to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse West Virginia Funeral Homes →

How West Virginia County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible West Virginia records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access West Virginia Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible West Virginia death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new West Virginia records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses West Virginia Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected West Virginia counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example West Virginia Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "WV",
  "county": "Kanawha",
  "county_slug": "kanawha-county-wv",
  "city": "Charleston",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

West Virginia Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring West Virginia Death Data

Choose the West Virginia counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse West Virginia Funeral Homes.